QCell was founded in 2016 by Professor Costas Balas, after attracting seed funding from the Jeremie Open Fund II.
QCell has a team of brilliant employees and develops innovative products as prescribed by its ambitious business plan.
QCell’s team key competencies include:
- High execution capacity with several advanced imaging products in global markets
Long-term experience in writing and prosecuting international patents
Achieved FDA approval
Developed skills for shortening the distance between concept to industrialization
Well-trained personnel in all aspects of scientific imaging (opto-mechanics, electronic hardware,
algorithms, software, testing, etc.)
Strong and long-term relations with Key Opinion Leaders in imaging
Long term experience in developing applications including design and coordination of international clinical trials
QCell specializes in portable imaging technologies. QCell’s technology converts the smart phone’s imaging subunit from a low performance picture-taking device to an advanced imager offering, with high (real) resolution, accurate colour reproduction-device/ambient light independent and metamerism-free photography. It also facilitates advanced analytical/diagnostic capabilities for non-destructive/invasive testing.
For Oenolytics, QCell’s snapshot spectral imaging (SSI) system will be adapted to operate in precision viticulture settings. The SSI system will enable the detection of alterations in the spectral characteristics of plants and the assignment of these alterations to various conditions such as viral stress, nutriment stress, environmental stress or the presence of various pathogens. The SSI system will be loaded onto the Oenolytics drone and will transmit spectral maps to the ground. Spectral databases will capture correlations between the various spectral classes with various compositional conditions or pathologies as they have been identified with reference-golden standard methods.
